CURRENT DRAFT

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves You are standing on a cobblestone street. (if:$haskey is 0)[A [[manhole cover->steel door]] stands out among the bricks at your feet.] (if:$haskey is 1)[The [[manhole cover->steel door]] has begun to **pulse**.] (if:$hascloth is 0)[A [[grimy cloth]] sits discarded on the ground.] (if:$hascloth is 1)[The cloth is gone.] (if:$haskey is 0)[There is a [[murky jar]] on its side.] (if:$haskey is 1)[The jar is empty.] <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ee/8e/78/ee8e7816b970e198a09cf80abbbf5728.png"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (if:$haskey is 0)[Your current powers do not include liquefying manhole seals (or verbal wit.) [[Continue.->begin]]] (if:$haskey is 1)[The ooze-coated chisel, remarkably, quite easily loosens the manhole [[Proceed inside]].] <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ee/8e/78/ee8e7816b970e198a09cf80abbbf5728.png"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ee/8e/78/ee8e7816b970e198a09cf80abbbf5728.png"); background-size: cover; } </style> (set: $hascloth to 1) You've claimed the rag - your enemies are no doubt chilled. [[Continue->begin]]

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves The jar is filled with murky yellow liquid. There is a floating object inside. Be bold - [[open the jar]]. This jar could be filled with urine. Put the jar down. [[Put the jar down **now**->begin]]. <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ee/8e/78/ee8e7816b970e198a09cf80abbbf5728.png"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (if:$hasaxe is 0 and $hasquill is 0)[You have completed task 1. Task 2: Obtain the tooth of a troll. Nestled in a crevice you find an [[axe]] and a [[quill]]. You may choose one to take as you continue.] (if:$hasaxe is 1)[There is a quill here, but you can no longer carry it. Proceed [[down the hallway->down hallway]].] (if:$hasquill is 1)[There is an axe here, but you can no longer carry it. Proceed [[down the hallway->down hallway]].] <style> body { background-image: url("https://hmunro.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/passageway.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> <style> tw-story { margin-left: 50%; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (if:$hascloth is 0)[You can't seem to get a grip on the greasy lid. [[Continue->begin]]] (if:$hascloth is 1)[The cloth allows you to get a solid handle on the grimy lid. Since you feared urine, the vaguely alcoholic smell of the liquid is a pleasant surprise. Now you are certain there is an object suspended in this brew. [[Drink->ending]] the liquid. [[Fish out]] the object.] <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ee/8e/78/ee8e7816b970e198a09cf80abbbf5728.png"); background-size: cover; } </style>

<img src="http://joshspilker.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Fear-of-failure.jpg" width="700" alt="description"> A recent, regrettably irresponsible decision has disqualified you from further participation in this particular adventure. We, of course, welcome your [[future efforts->start]]. <style> body { background-image: url(" "); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $haskey=1) There is a rusty red chisel within the liquid. You use the cloth to wipe it off. The chisel is pulsing in a dramatic fashion. [[Continue->begin]]. <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ee/8e/78/ee8e7816b970e198a09cf80abbbf5728.png"); background-size: cover; } </style>

You have applied for membership to a secretive, and reportedly dangerous, society. To be chosen for admission, you must complete three tasks selected by the committee within 30 moves. The first task is to gain entrance to an underground lair. [[Good luck!|begin]]. (set: $hasjar = 0) (set: $haskey = 0) (set: $hascloth = 0) (set: $hasaxe = 0) (set: $hasquill = 0) (set: $poemhelp = 0) (set: $moves = 0) (set: $dagger = 0) (set: $flute = 0) <style> body { background-image: url("http://bookshelf.mml.ox.ac.uk/wp-uploads/2016/09/Oxford-University-Radcliffe-Camera.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> <style> tw-passage { color: LavenderBlush; } tw-link { color: Aqua; } tw-link:hover { color: crimson; font-style: bold; } tw-link.visited { color: LightGray; } tw-link.visited:hover { color: crimson; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $hasaxe to 1) [[A bold choice->Proceed inside]]. <style> body { background-image: url("https://cdn1.epicgames.com/ue/item/Store_MedievalWeapons_screenshot_2-1920x1080-6ce37bfb63cf52b0644ee1fce4af09ce.png"); background-size: cover; } </style> <style> tw-story { margin-left: 30%; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $hasquill to 1) [[A wise choice->Proceed inside]]. <style> tw-story { margin-left: 50%; } </style> <style> body { background-image: url("https://static.pexels.com/photos/211291/pexels-photo-211291.jpeg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves <style> body { background-image: url("http://k30.kn3.net/1/4/C/4/8/E/743.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> (if:$hasquill is 1 and $hasaxe is 0)[A towering creature stumbles towards you in the dark, but seeing your quill realizes you mean no harm. [[Pass by silently->Waterfall]] keeping your head down. [[Engage the creature in conversation]] in conversation.] (if:$hasquill is 0 and $hasaxe is 1)[A towering creature stumbles towards you in the dark, interpreting your raised weapon as a challenge. [[Strike first]]. [[Take a defensive position]].]

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (if:$poemhelp is 0)[Unexpectedly, the beast is seeking assistance with his poetry. He is very anxious for your input, as a person of letters. [[Tutor the demon.]] [[Claim inexpertise in goblin verse.]]] (if:$poemhelp is 1)[The creature, while grateful for what you've provided, still sees room for growth. [[Tutor the demon.]] again. [[Claim inexpertise in goblin verse.]]] (if:$poemhelp is 2)[The creature has grown excited, feeling that with your help he is getting close to publication worthy work. [[Tutor the demon.]] yet again. [[Claim inexpertise in goblin verse.]]] <style> body { background-image: url("http://www.chayas.com/backup/gavilnew1.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves It is immediately apparent that you are out of your league. [[Continue->ending]]. <style> tw-passage { text-align: right; } </style> <style> body { background-image: url("http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HiCG9T9Fuo8/TPloMB79rFI/AAAAAAAAAaU/KqRTcfonkmY/s1600/bloodsplatter.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $hasaxe = 0) (set: $hasquill = 0) You scuttle into a cranny of darkness, recognizing your weapon is more of a liability than a blessing. Once the beast passes, you scrabble back toward the quill and unload the axe. [[Continue->Proceed inside]] <style> body { background-image: url("http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-q28dthfkHu8/V_W74WddySI/AAAAAAAACX4/oUOsZLo6McckKrwfHcC2RJDDBRfOLGldACK4B/s1600/IMG_6116.jp"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $poemhelp to $poemhelp + 1) (if:$poemhelp is 1)[The creature offers you thanks in a gutteral whelp that makes your hair stand on end. [[Continue->Engage the creature in conversation]].] (if:$poemhelp is 2)[Now the creature dances about, in what can only be termed a jig of thanks. [[Continue->Engage the creature in conversation]].] (if:$poemhelp is 3)[Believing that he has, in many important ways, moved beyond your abilites, the creature says farewell. First, however, he grants you the gift of a freshly removed molar. [[Continue->Waterfall]].] <style> body { background-image: url("http://www.chayas.com/backup/gavilnew1.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves The monster, unaccustomed to refusal, crafts shish kebab from your flesh and shamlessly posts the results on Instagram before consuming you. [[Continue->ending]]. <style> body { background-image: url("https://hklovebites.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/img_4334.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (if:$poemhelp is 3)[You have completed task 2. Task 3: Locate a sunken ruby. You come upon a beautiful underground waterfall. An enormous ostrich descends from the sky, but he is the pet of your troll poet and bids you no harm. Footsteps behind you convince you to jump into the water and avoid notice. There are two objects at your feet. A [[pan flute->steel flute]] and a [[dagger]]. You may claim one before you leap.] (if:$poemhelp is 2)[You come upon a beautiful underground waterfall. A subterranean ostrich, twenty feet tall, and breathing fire, emerges steamy from the bath. You realize, too late and with horror, that the quill pen you've stolen matches her majestic feathers. [[Continue->ending]].] (if:$poemhelp is 1)[You come upon a beautiful underground waterfall. A subterranean ostrich, twenty feet tall, and breathing fire, emerges steamy from the bath. You realize, too late and with horror, that the quill pen you've stolen matches her majestic feathers. [[Continue->ending]].] (if:$poemhelp is 0)[You come upon a beautiful underground waterfall. A subterranean ostrich, twenty feet tall, and breathing fire, emerges steamy from the bath. You realize, too late and with horror, that the quill pen you've stolen matches her majestic feathers. [[Continue->ending]].] <style> body { background-image: url("https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91d1sDye7HL._SL1500_.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> <style> tw-story { margin-left: 50%; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $hasdagger to 1) The dagger has a special intricate beauty and fits easily in your belt. [[Continue->undersealair]]. <style> body { background-image: url("https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/9b/0c/07/9b0c07ee5e37411253feef55cecf1c1b.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves You are soaring above a museum of undersea statues. (if:$hasdagger is 1)[Their [[eyes]] and [[limbs]] are especially intriuging.] (if:$hasflute is 1)[The flute slips from your fingers and descends into the darkness. [[Retrieve it->darkness.]] [[Continue toward light]].] <style> body { background-image: url("http://www.underwatersculpture.com/wp-content/galleries/homepage/Silent-Evolution_Mexico_clean_Jason-deCaires-Taylor_Sculpture.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves (set: $hasflute to 1) The flute is somewhat ungainly, but carefully crafted. [[Continue->undersealair]]. <style> body { background-image: url("http://www.preda-panflute.ro/files/_images/26-nai-alto-palisandru-01.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves Your slowly remove a coating of gunk from the eye of a statue. Beneath this accumulation you find a dazzling ruby. <style> body { background-image: url("http://www.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/photography/photos/000/351/35194.ngsversion.1466466956543.adapt.1900.1.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves Your slowly remove a coating of gunk from the eye of a statue. Beneath this accumulation you find a dazzling ruby. <style> body { background-image: url("http://musamexico.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jason-DeCaires-Taylor-Underwater-Sculpture-Inertia.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> <style> tw-story { margin-left: 50%; } </style>

(set: $moves = $moves + 1) Moves: $moves You descend into the outstretched arms of a terrifying figure. [[They do not let go. Ever->ending]]. <style> body { background-image: url("http://chickgeek.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/c5.jpg"); background-size: cover; } </style> <style> tw-story { margin-left: 30%; } </style>

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